The Veillee presented an opportunity for the members of a community to air their traditional beliefs and assumptions. In the evenings, when the weather was not too cold, most of a village's population would meet around a communal fire. Women were of no lesser status than men at the veillees. The veillees were influential in the spread of religious reformers' ideas.
The Veillee
The Veillee presented an opportunity for the members of a community to air their traditional beliefs and assumptions. In the evenings, when the weather was not too cold, most of a village's population would meet around a communal fire. Women were of no lesser status than men at the veillees. The veillees were influential in the spread of religious reformers' ideas.